What a weekend!

This weekend Graden and I - along with my friends from work - went to a Bed & Breakfast in Hermann, MO. Hermann is known for it's wineries and beautiful scenery. We stayed at a very quaint B&B called the Wine Valley Inn. It was very nice! I had never been to a B&B so it made a very nice impression for me!

We left Saturday morning about 9:45 and started toward Hermann (about 20 miles SW of St. Louis). The weather was really crappy, in fact we were under a winter weather advisory due to the freezing rain! Maybe not the best decision we could all make together, but we did it anyway!

We arrived safely in Hermann about 2 o'clock and made our first stop at the Hermannhof Winery for some wine sampling and lunch. We had cheese, wine, grapes and sausage ... and some more wine! We left that winery and headed to the next one, Adam Puchta Winery, about 3:45. At the Adam Puchta winery we received a mini history lesson on how the wine is processed and how each wine differs from the others.

Next we went to Stone Hill winery, where we had dinner reservations. We did more wine sampling, followed by a very nice dinner ... with wine, of course! We arrived back at the B&B about 8:30, where we were all pretty much wiped out!

I refused to call it a night so early, so we headed across the street to a local bar, the Sharp Corner Tavern. This decision proved to be an interesting one. The decor of the bar consisted of wasp nests and a childs 4X4 ATV toy hanging from the ceiling. Oh, and a patron (we guessed to be a regular) dressed in a sleeveless Jack Daniels t-shirt ripped from armpit to belly button. The best part was that he "oops .... cut a hole" in his shirt right where his huge belt buckle could be seen. He proceeded to get Shawn to promise to dance during the next dance Shawn knew. Luckily, the lad was too drunk to hold Shawn to that. We called it quits about 10:30 and headed back over to the B&B and called it a night.

That's me and Barb!

The next morning we all met downstairs at 9:00 for breakfast and departed about 10:10. The roads were worse than they had been the day before, but as we headed west toward home they were much better.

We arrived home about 2 o'clock ... just in time for Graden to watch the Chiefs game!